How long dances with wolves

Her performance garnered an Oscar nomination—plus lots of compliments about her wind-blown hair. To stoke interest, Orion took a unique step at the time by cutting separate trailers and print ads that played up different aspects of the film. Interestingly, in all its weeks in theaters, Dances With Wolves never topped the box office charts.

The company that distributed RoboCop , Platoon, and Caddyshack rolled out a string of poor performers in the late s. A year later, the company filed for bankruptcy, emerging briefly in the mids before MGM bought it.

More than a few reviewers wrote that the film was overly sentimental and romanticized the lives of the Sioux Indians. Some of the Indians and Kevin Costner were speaking in the feminine way. When I went to see it with a bunch of Lakota guys, we were laughing. Criticism aside, the Sioux were pleased with a portrayal that focused on the peaceful, day-to-day life of their tribe. So they honored Costner with official membership. The induction ceremony included tying an eagle feather in his hair and giving him a hand-woven quilt.

Development proved difficult, however, and Costner finally abandoned the plan in Inside everyone is a frontier waiting to be discovered. Did you know Edit. Trivia Because of the film's enormous success and sympathetic treatment of the Native Americans, the Sioux Nation adopted Kevin Costner as an honorary member.

Goofs Electric power lines are visible during the buffalo hunt. Alternate versions The minute "extended version" or "Director's Cut" has been released on home video, altering the movie as such: 38 x new scene 15 x extended scene 12 x alternative footage 5 x alternative text 1 x new text 3 x postponed scene 3 x altered arrangement of scenes 3 x shortened scene.

There is also a minute version which cuts out the 3 minute Intermission at around min featuring John Barry music. User reviews Review. Top review. Not in top ? What the heck are people thinking! There are way too many Costner bashers on the internet. This was a revolutionary motion picture at its time, never has a story about the American indians ever been told with such emotion and grace. What a sham. For the record Costner is not that bad of an actor.

FAQ 9. Is this based on any real facts? Did any European person live with natives as one of them? Is it true that around that time the Sioux tribe was finished?

From the famous actress almost cast in the lead role to behind-the-scenes crushes, here are some fun facts about the film starring Reese Witherspoon. It took nearly a month to film the bison hunt The bison hunt, using 3, bison, 20 wranglers, 24 bareback Native American stunt riders, and extras, took three weeks to film with seven cameras at the Triple U Buffalo Ranch outside Fort Pierre, South Dakota.

By Laurie Ulster. By Barbara Maranzani. By Biography. By Julie Jacobs. By Paulette Cohn. By Marci Robin. By Ale Russian. See More. I defy anyone who saw the original a year ago to give me chapter and verse on exactly what has been extended. The special edition is playing to two houses a day at the Odeon, Haymarket. She knew of no plans to release it elsewhere. To date, there is no four-hour release on video, and none has been announced, although there are rumors.

Nor has a four-hour theatrical version for release in the U. All Sections.